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… religious liberty that I have seen in my years litigating First Amendment cases since 1984 has been the extreme … and understandings” to determine whether the government’s actions violate the Establishment Clause.   The Lemon Test … during non-school hours. ADF fought this case over a 20-year period (1995-2015). New York City public schools allowed …

… opportunities taken from them because of their school’s beliefs. Written by Alliance Defending Freedom Published … v. Washington Elementary School District In February 2018, ACU and Washington Elementary School District signed … religious beliefs. Because of this clear violation of the First Amendment, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a …

… Are ADF’s Cases ‘Made Up’? ADF’s clients have faced laws that … citizen. Pre-enforcement challenges frequently arise in a First Amendment context. Widespread use of pre-enforcement … , eventually made its way to the Supreme Court, which in 2018 overturned California’s law. Both the Supreme Court and …

… November 8, 2022 Revised August 10, 2023 In J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic The Fellowship of the Ring , Boromir says … be called “it,” which doesn’t have an implied gender. First-person pronouns (I/we), second-person pronouns (you), … seven years at West Point High School in Virginia. In 2018, one of Peter’s female students began to identify as …

… to fuel the debate about fair competition in women’s sports. On November 20, Thomas—a male identifying as a female— shattered records  in two swimming events, the women’s 200-meter and 500-meter freestyle. Unfortunately, the Lia …

… What Is Freedom of Speech? There is a reason that America’s Founding Fathers considered the freedom of speech one of … speech? Free speech is guaranteed to all Americans by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. It states in part, … Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra (2018) In 2015, a California law required pro-life pregnancy …

… Policy – Then Ignores the Sexual Assault of a Five-Year-Old Girl Every school district has a duty to protect the … that duty. Written by Sarah Kramer Published October 2, 2018 Revised October 28, 2022 “When you send your daughter to … were exactly what parents had feared. In July 2016, Mark’s wife Gena happened to be on Superintendent David Dude’s …

… God’s Not Dead 2: The Legal Cases That Inspired the Film God’s … but not all government officials act like it. While the First Amendment protects the rights of all Americans to live … accommodate the college’s religious exercise. After the Trump administration crafted an appropriately broad religious …

… and legislation like the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act of 1894 first referenced charitable organizations as tax-exempt in … of those tax-exempt charitable organizations. How does ADF’s work qualify? Read on to find out. IRS requirements The … Phil Bryant to draft and enact the Gestational Age Act in 2018, to helping defend this important law all the way to the …

… theory (CRT). Terms that critical race theory uses, such as systemic racism, white privilege, anti-racism, whiteness, … something to be endorsed or something to be refuted. It’s a polarizing issue. And that makes sense, because under … skepticism that there was any real improvement in the first place. Derrick Bell, considered one of the first and …